David Degner » Photographer

Egypt Uprising » Mubarak Metro Station

Many pieces of infrastructure are named after Hosni Mubarak, including the Mubarak metro station is the central station in Cairo. Many of these places are waiting to be renamed and their signs have been vandalized.

Many pieces of infrastructure are named after Hosni Mubarak, including the Mubarak metro station is the central station in Cairo. Many of these places are waiting to be renamed and their signs have been vandalized.

Protesters and journalists gather outside the Egyptian Press Syndicate. The second day of protests in downtown Cairo started slowly but in the late afternoon a much less organized and more violent protest took place one block away. Police used teargas, guns and rocks to disperse the protesters who regrouped on Al Galaa, under 6th of October Bridge. The set fire to tires and placed a temporary roadblock as the police regrouped. When the police advanced, the protesters dispersed into the many alleyways downtown and were reported to continue small skirmishes with riot police.